Encyclopedia of The Bible – Gebim
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Gebim

GEBIM ge’ bĭm (Heb. גֵּבִ֖ים). A village of Benjamin mentioned only in the poetic listing of the conquests of Assyria (Isa 10:31). The term means lit. “pit,” “pits” and is located by the prophet between Madmenah and Nob; in fact Gebim is the “B” word with Madmenah as the “A” word. Neither location has ever been confidently identified. They prob. were locations outside of Jerusalem itself. Eusebius mentions a town Gr. Γηβα, which he states is Biblical Gebim, the modern name of the place is Wādi el-ğīb by ğifnā (GTT p. 175, n. 158) and there is no evidence that Eusebius is in fact correct (Eusebius, Onomasticon, P. de Lagarde ed. [1870], p. 74, 1, 2).